Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-25
ASSEMBLY.

The Assembly met at 10 A. NJ, Speaker Jordan
presiding. After the reading of the Journal, on
motion OF Variel, it was ordered that cOnstitu-
tional amendments hereafter passed by the
House shall be entered at length on the Journal.
Hart asked and obtained leave to introduce u
bill to prevent the introduction into the state
of Chinese afflicted with leprosy, and providing
for the deportation of those now here.
On motion of Ellsworth, A. B. 207, making an
appropriation of ECO, for the payment of q
deficiency in the fund for the support of the
State Printing ONCE was taken up out of order
and read a second time.
Several petitions requesting the Legislature to
provide for teaching hygiene in the public
schools were referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation without being read.
The Com mittee on Commerce and Navigation
made an adverse report on A. b. 1913, regulating
the manufacture of canned goods and to COM
pei the same to be stamped.
The amendment to the rules proposed by
Coombs of Napa, restricting speeches to i've
minutes, except the author of bill or resolu-
tion who may speak ten minutes, was brought
up BY the author but failed to get two-thirds
vote, and was lost.
A. B. 459, making appropriations for the sup
port OF the government Tor the seth and 40h
| fiscal years, was read second time and made
| the special order for o'clock.
Wright's constitutional amendment, exempt
| ing from taxation property used exclusively for
| church ard school purposes, was supported by
| the author and opposed by Ellsworth, venable.
| Hart and Renison. Granger and Brusie favored
| it. The roll was called and the amendment de-
| feated-ayes 70, noes 46.
Afternoon Session.
! Knoxs constitutional amendment authOriZ-
| ing cities having population of over 10000 to
| adopt their own charters, was passed-ayes &c,
| Changers constitutional amendment, relating
| to the regulation and contI0l of the waters OF
the State by the State, was, after long debate,
| defeated-ayes 81, noes SO.
| The special order, A. B. 107, to pay d. Jordan
| SOL 900. was debated at length. Carr of Sacra-
mento opposed and Hyde and Lewis favored it.
Mathews of Tehama also spoke against the
bill.
HYDE moved to recommit with instructions to
add new section exempting the kill from Sec
ton 761 of the Political Code. Carried. The
bill was then ordered engrossed.
The House went into Committee OF the Whole
on the general appropriation bill. adopted the
substitute reported by the Committee on Ways
Grafton of the bill, arose and took recess until
$50.
Evening session.
On Resembling the House again went into
Committee of the Whole on the general appro
priation bill The following changes were
made: Appropriation of 5000 for phono
graphic reporter OF the Supreme Court, stricken
out; salary of the State Engineer reduced from
So, 900 to Sc, 0c0. which will end the office on
June 30, 1SSS; the appropriation for Secretary to
the State Engineer was, in accordance with the
previous action, reduced from 81 600 to s., 600;
the appropriation of So 600 for maintaining the
Engineer 5 ONCE uurlDS Ine lOrllelu IlScdl year
was stricken out; the salary of the Deputy In
surance Commissioner was increased to 81 800
per year, to conform to bill passed two days ago;
the appropriation of SIS, 600 for the use of the
Commissioners of the Yosemite Valley and for
the improvement of the valley was stricken
out; the salary of the Secretary of the Commits
sion was reduced from s., 400 to 81 600 a year;
the appropriation of 81 900 for stocking the
waters of the valley with new varieties of fish
was stricken out; the appropriation for furnish
ing additional ward buildings at the Hospital
for the Chronic Insane at Agnews was increased
State Agricultural Society was increased from
$50 900 to S35 00O to enable the Society to insure
the pavilion and provide night and day
Waterman; the appropriation for aid to the San
joaquin Valley Agricultural Society was in
C reased from So, 600 to s., 900.
Without completing consideration of the blu,
the committee arose and the House adjourned